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DECISION MAKER
DECISION MAKER
I CAN HELP YOU MAKE DECISIONS BY CHOOSING THE BEST POSSIBILITY FOR
YOU OUT OF SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES. ALL I NEED TO DO IS ORGANIZE
INFORMATION YOU ALREADY HAVE.
WHICH OF THESE BEST DESCRIBES THE DECISION YOU

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The period of maximum sensitivity cycle is half the window length, L. Attenuation of a Simple Moving
Average (SMA) for this period is 2/pi. For an equivalent Exponential Moving Average (EMA) attenuation
this is expressed as:

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As an aside, note that volatility must be adjusted for the price action around dividends in mutual funds. I
calculate a ""price factor"" (PR) if a dividend (D) paid between quotes Qi-1, and Qi: